Gere

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 3. Hungarian: from a reduced form of the personal name Gergely, Latin Gregorius (see Gregory)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɡɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gere is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Eritrea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 392K(measured from records)
  • EREritrea≈1 in 1.5K
  • HRCroatia1 in 73K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Eritrea (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,100 people, est.

Sources
205 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Eritrea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

3. Hungarian: from a reduced form of the personal name Gergely, Latin Gregorius (see Gregory).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gere counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gere is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ER Eritrea≈4,100 est.≈1 in 1.5K#35—2
NG Nigeria≈1,200 est.≈1 in 177K—Gere21
US United States8481 in 392K848Gere205
FR France≈380 est.≈1 in 181K66—2
PH Philippines≈310 est.≈1 in 348K—Gere15
NL Netherlands≈140 est.≈1 in 122K—Gere9
HR Croatia581 in 73K58——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gere is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Peru, Philippines

    Also written Gërë, Géré, Gerë

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Angola

    Also written Gerê, Geré, Gêre

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gerë, Géré

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Géré

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gere is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Gergesene [Gadarene]

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Richard, US actor

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • Americanized form of German Gehr.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • perhaps a variant of Geary

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Amelia Gere Mason, b. 1831Charles March Gere, b. 1869Homer George Gere, b. 1922Olga Gere-Pulić, b. 1942Richard Gere, b. 1949Charlie Gere, b. 1961David Gere, b. 1975Alejandra Silva, b. 1983Daniella Rose, b. 1992Homer Gere, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Gere,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Gere
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010848#28,215
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000847#26,946
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020840#29,865
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196171—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199166—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202158#11,991
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198156—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195156—
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202152—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197152—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194152—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193149—

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gere mean, and where does it come from?
3. Hungarian: from a reduced form of the personal name Gergely, Latin Gregorius (see Gregory). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Gere?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gere have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Gere in Eritrea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Gere?
In the United States, the national register counted 848 people named Gere in 2010, about 1 in 392 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gere”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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